tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738230087002446758.post1703868050591800606..comments2020-04-25T13:02:55.927-07:00Comments on Existential Programming: Subjective, Objective, Relative, ExistentialBruce Wallacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01185353603127616202noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738230087002446758.post-37913688677903846992008-01-21T17:15:00.000-08:002008-01-21T17:15:00.000-08:00Luckily, it is the *computer* being programmed to ...Luckily, it is the *computer* being programmed to track all this stuff!<BR/><BR/>While Objectivism, Subjectivism, Relativism, and Existentialism are all human philosophies, my theory of "Existential Programming" refers to a new approach to programming computers.<BR/><BR/>Traditional computer programming requires a programmer to declare his/her "model" of the world in advance (much like Plato's Ideal Forms). I.E the "essence" of something must be defined before one can go making instances of it. I.E. one can't create a "cow" object in a program before one defines what a "cow" is. This is known as "Essence precedes Existence". The Existentialists reversed this motto to "Existence precedes Essence" meaning that things can exist without having a form to which they must be limited. Existential Programming would have programmers do the same, namely create objects that can not only change form (i.e. hold different data) over time, but can actually hold my definition of a cow, your definition of a cow, and Joe Blow's definition, all simultaneously.Bruce Wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01185353603127616202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8738230087002446758.post-2842171431379898112007-11-27T02:04:00.000-08:002007-11-27T02:04:00.000-08:00wow, how interesting! I will have to bookmark you!...wow, how interesting! I will have to bookmark you!<BR/><BR/>Subjectivism and relativism seem both reasonable arguments. But to practice existential programming at all times, relative to all people that you come into contact with/ speak with, to me, sounds exhausting! You'll have to be a very thorough thinker to be able to program this existentialism in to your head at all times!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com